Posted in ww2 Kriegsmarine

Königsberg class cruisers (1927)

“K” class light cruisers: Planned 1925, 3 ships Germany (1927), KMS Königsberg, Karlsruhe, Köln The “K class”, Reichsmarine’s innovative ships:…

Posted in WW1 Japanese Navy

Asama class Armoured Cruisers (1898)

Asama class Armoured Cruisers (1898) Asama, Tokiwa (1898) IJN Asama and Tokiwa (常盤) was the second and last Asama-class armored…

Posted in WW1 Royal Navy ww2 Royal Navy

British C class cruisers (1914-1922)

United Kingdom (1914-22) 7 sub-classes, 28 cruisers The veteran light cruisers The ‘C’ class were called artificially that way by…

Posted in ww1 naval battles

Battle of Tsingtao (August-Nov. 1914)

Japanese Navy vs German Navy Introduction: The first air-land-sea battle The battle of Tsingtao was one of these twists of…

Posted in ww1 Russian Navy

Petropavlovsk class battleships (1894)

Petropavlovsk class battleships (1894) Russia (1894) Battleships – Petropavlovsk, Poltava, Sevastopol Victims of the Russo-Japanese war: The Petropavlovsk class also…

Posted in ww2 US Navy

WW2 U.S.Navy destroyers

WW2 US destroyers USA (1917-45) 1,224 destroyers, 18 classes The US Navy Destroyers represented the formidable industrial effort consented by…

Posted in Cold War Chinese Ships

Type 035 (Ming class) submarines (1973)

Chinese PLAN (1973) 23 ships The Ming class: Last Chinese SSG Type 035B, NATO Ming class, returning from a mission…

Posted in WW1 French Navy

WW1 French Escorts

WW1 French Escorts France (1893) French ASW warfare during the great war Because of the considerable maritime traffic amount between…

Posted in ww2 Soviet Navy

Sovetsky Soyuz class battleships (1938)

Soviet Navy Stalin’s mighty battleships: In 1938, the final five-year plan, under the express direction of Stalin, included a fleet…

Posted in bundesmarine

Zerstörer class destroyers (1958)

Bundesmarine (1958-70), 6 ships: Z1 – Z6 The Bundesmarine’s first destroyers: Although the Bundeswehr was integrated into NATO in 1955…